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NASB | John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 15:5 "I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. |
Subject: Human Power? |
Bible Note: You might want to reconsider your agreement with Owen, this passage, and James. Look at some of the following keywords and phrases in your post: BUT, we must, IF, let Him, etc. God is imutable: Psalms 33:10-11; 115:3; 135:5-6; Job 23:13-14; Is 14:24-27; 46:9-11; Eph 1:11; Pro 21:30-31; Numbers 23:19; James 1:17; Heb 6:16-18 God owns creation: 1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Job 34:13; Psalms 50:10-12 God completely controls creation: Psalms 107:25,29; Jeremiah 5:22; Job 26:12-14; Psalms 148:4-8 God removes and sets up kings and authorities: Daniel 2:20-21; Psalms 75:6-7; Romans 13:1 God controls authorities: Proverbs 21:1; Isaiah 31:3; Psalms 66:3; Daniel 3:14-19; 4:24-37; Acts 2:22-23; 4:25-28; John 19:11; Deuteronomy 2:24-33; Judges 9:23; Exodus 15:3; 2 Samuel 17:14; Isaiah 54:16 God creates and controls all things for His purposes: Colossians 1:16-17; Revelation 4:11 ...including afflictions: Hosea 6:1; Exodus 4:11; Psalms 90:2-3; Job 5:17-18 ...including death: Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6-10; Acts 17:24-26; Job 14:5 ...including evil and destruction: Isaiah 45:5-9; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 18:11; Micah 2:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:13-14; Psalms 78:49; Amos 8:11-12; Zephaniah 1:12; Lamentations 3:37-38; Job 1:12-22; 2:7-10; 34:10-12; Prov 16:4 God sovereignly controls the ultimate destiny of nations: Habakkuk 1:5-6,12; Joshua 11:19-20; Isaiah 37:21-29 ...and men: Prov 16:1,4,9,33; 19:21; 20:24; Job 12:6; Isaiah 22:11; Psalms 139:16-17 ...and unbelievers: Job 34:29; Matthew 11:21-27; Luke 4:24-27; 1 Peter 2:7-9; Revelation 17:8,17; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-13; Jude 4,11-13; 1 Peter 1:4-5; Matthew 25:41; Romans 11:5-10; John 12:37-41; Romans 9; Jeremiah 12:1-2; Exodus 7:1-5; 9:12-16; 10:1-3; Ezekiel 33:11,17-20 ...and believers: Ephesians 1:4,5,9,11; Acts 13:48; Ezekiel 34:11,12,15 Romans 9:20-21 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! "For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?" For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. The idea that we -- or anything else -- can thwart the purposes of God is frightening. If something is more powerful than God, then God is not God. "There is no attribute of God more comforting to his children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all. There is nothing for which the children of God ought more earnestly to contend than the dominion of their Master over all creation—the kingship of God over all the works of his own hands—the throne of God, and his right to sit upon that throne. On the other hand, there is no doctrine more hated by worldlings, no truth of which they have made such a foot-ball, as the great, stupendous, but yet most certain doctrine of the Sovereignty of the infinite Jehovah. Men will allow God to be everywhere except on His throne." --Charles Hadon Spurgeon "The Sovereignty of God is the stumbling block on which thousands fall and perish; and if we go contending with God about His sovereignty it will be our eternal ruin. It is absolutely necessary that we should submit to God as an absolute sovereign, and the sovereign of our souls; as one who may have mercy on whom He will have mercy and harden whom He will." --Johnathan Edwards "The Gospel has lost none of its ancient power. It is, as much today as when it was first preached, 'the power of God unto salvation.' It needs no pity, no help, and no handmaid. It can overcome all obstacles, and break down all barriers. No human device need be tried to prepare the sinner to receive it, for if God has sent it no power can hinder it; and if He has not sent it, no power can make it effectual." --Dr. Heinrik Bulinger |